Thoreau
noun
Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
Thoreauvian
-
a word derived from
Thoreau.
Example Sentences
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I am not so much a paper record keeper anymore, so while it’s not very Thoreauvian, I decided to take my tracking efforts digital.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2024
The house he built is a study in Thoreauvian economy and simplicity, with big glass windows overlooking a prospect of stone walls and fields.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
Around 2000, a modern-day Thoreauvian, Roxanne Quimby, co-founder of Burt’s Bees, started buying up the Maine acreage her literary hero often tramped.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
As a result of a directorial approach that might be called Thoreauvian — the phrase “Simplify, simplify” comes to mind — Griffin reduces “Road Show” to chamber-musical scale.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2016
Or the student who wore a T-shirt bearing the Thoreauvian mantra “Simplify, simplify, simplify” on the day we discussed “Walden.”
From Salon ● May 25, 2013
